If you have not heard any thing about podcasting, then you are certainly missing out on a traffic system related to a very useful technological advancement. It would not be an over-exaggeration to say that podcasting is possibly the most important technological trend since the advent of Internet. Popularity of podcasting is increasing day by day, and at a very fast pace.
Podcasting is Going to Stay Here
There are people who suspect that podcasting is becoming popular because of the new technology enthusiasm, and will last long. I would ask them to recall the period of the last decades of the last century when the Internet was just taking off. People expressed similar views regarding the Internet then, and obviously that has not been the case at all. Furthermore, if you compare podcasting with the Internet, you will find that podcasting is actually growing in popularity at a faster speed than the internet initially did. The point is, podcasting is a tremendous traffic generation system that is growing, and is here to stay.
After going trough this brief information, it is hopeful that you have become more curious about podcasting, and want to get a little more knowledge about the technology. Let me give you a little history on the origins of this important traffic solution.
Basically, podcasting lets you download audio files from the Internet to your iPod or any other device such as an MP3 Player, Cell Phone, PDA, PSP or even to your computer. The word “pod casting” is derived from two words- iPod and broadcasting. In short, it was a system for broadcasting audio files over the internet for use by IPod users.
Former VJ of MTV, Adam Curry, developed an apple script application to automatically download the audio files and sync them to your iPod or any other media player. You can listen to these audio files later at your convenience.
People have been working to make podcasts possible since the year 2000, but there were no real concrete result until late Fall of 2004. Adam Curry along with the David Wiener made podcasting possible and created the history. Both of them are recognized today as the fathers of the podcasting revolution – or perhaps better known as “Podfathers”.
Word of The Year 2005
With no regulatory body like FCC, podcasters are free to use their imagination. They have the liberty of saying whatever they want to say. The reality is, the freedom to express their views and explore their thoughts is actually sparking creativity and new ideas. This fresh content is attracting and exciting listeners and those who share an interest are flocking to the podcasting experience. In 2005, podcasting gained so much popularity that the word “podcasting” was named the word of the year.
How to begin Pod casting?
Three basic steps to start Podcasting includes audio recording and conversion of those files in MP3 format, creation of RSS 2.0 text file giving information about your media file and finally, uploading both the files to Internet. There are many resources and trainings available on the internet, to make the process of podcasting very simple to follow.
